FILE: Algerian Speaker of Senate Abdelkader Bensalah FILE IMAGES of Algerian Speaker of Senate Abdelkader Bensalah. Algeria's constitution says that once the president officially resigns the speaker of the upper house of parliament, 77-year-old Abdelkader Bensalah, would act as interim leader for up to 90 days during which a presidential election must be organised. FILE IMAGES of Algerian Speaker of Senate Abdelkader Bensalah